Korchnoi - Uhlmann Match: Drawn Without Draws

The rapid match between Viktor Korchnoi and Wolfgang Uhlmann has come to an end in Zurich as a part of the Zurich Chess Challenge. On the second playing day, the renowned veteran players exchanged victories again, with a difference that both today's games were won by Black. Thus, the final score is equal - 2-2.

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A half of the rapid match (2 games out of total 4) between Viktor Korchnoi and Wolfgang Uhlmann has been played today in Zurich, as a part of Zurich Chess Challenge. Both games were won by White. The German veteran outplayed Korchnoi in the first encounter, but found himself in a hopeless position already at the beginning of the second game. The realization by Korchnoi was quite convincing.

Viktor Korchnoi hasn't played any rated games since 23rd September, 2012. He suffered a stroke later in 2012, which made most experts think that the chess legend wouldn't be able to return to competitive chess. In March 2013, however, Korchnoi played an exhibition match of 2 games in Leipzig vs Wolfgang Uhlmann, with the time control of 60 min/game for each. Korchnoi won 2-0.

The arrival of Chess-News editor-in-chief Evgeny Surov to Czech Podebrady where the annual "Snowdrops versus Oldhands" is held brought some changes to the tendency we've been observing for the first few days.

In the last round of the match Oldhands vs. Snowdrops all games were drawn. One of them, between Ziazulkina - Uhlmann encounter lasted for five hours. 78-old veteran tried to win opposit-colored bishops' endgame, but in vain. At some point Ziazulkina gave him a great chance to achieve his goal:

The match between the young ladies and the veterans - Snowdrops vs. Oldhands - has started today in Podebrady, Czech Republic. Last year's match finished in veteran GMs' confident win. This time the start for men was dramatic: young women players lost only half a point.

The match with Korchnoi's participation started in Leipzig Germany. Korchnoi's opponent is not Spassky, as it was announced earlier, but Wolfgang Uhlmann. German GM turns 79 tomorrow, while Korchnoi will turn 83 on March 23.

Match consists of four games, those are most likely not broadcasted online. Korchnoi beat his German colleague in the first match game.

The friendly match "Snowdrops versus Oldhands" is taking place in Podebrady, Czech Republic. It seemed that there's no intrigue in the match as long as young players took a confident lead in the first part of it. However, the experienced players showed the fight is not over yet and equalized the overall score one round to go:14-14.